This rich and hearty sweet potato stew recipe is perfect for winter. It’s warm and filling and bursting with flavor. It makes a delicious and nutritious dinner and no one will even know you’ve added a secret ingredient in there.

Technically, I think this could be classified as a “stewp”, a cross between a stew and a soup. Since I don’t use any thickeners in the recipe, the broth will be thinner, more like a soup. You could remedy this if you so desired and add some flour, cornstarch, arrowroot, etc. to the recipe.

Regarding the spuds, you could use regular white potatoes if you like, but I really love sweet potatoes. Did you know there are nearly 400 different varieties of sweet potatoes in a wide range of colors? I didn’t know there were so many kinds until just recently. Skin and flesh colors include cream, tan, yellow, orange, pink, and purple. My health food store carries a few different varieties with my favorite being the purple skinned, white fleshed Japanese sweet potatoes. Yum!

You could also use yams or butternut squash and it would be delicious as well.

Oh, by now, I’m sure you want to know what the secret ingredient is?

Beef heart!

Heart is super good for you. It’s a fantastic source of CoenzymeQ10 (CoQ10), which protects our own tickers, in addition to many other things. When it comes to offal, it’s a great way to introduce odd bits to your diet.

Many people immediately think of liver when you mention offal and liver can have a strong, unpleasant taste if you use too much. I have often tried to sneak liver into various dishes, but hubby and I can both tell something is off when I do.

Heart, on the other had, has a much better taste and texture. Beef heart is going to be more of the same texture as steak and a very mild taste. You won’t even know it’s there, especially if you cut it into the same sized chunks that your stew meat is.

Don’t have heart or just want to skip that part? You can omit that and add some extra stew meat if you like!

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Heat a couple tablespoons of coconut oil over medium heat and add some of your meat. You want to make sure not to overcrowd the pan, because you want to get a good browning on the meat. This really helps develop the flavor of the stew.

Turn the meat several times, so that it can brown all the way around. Tongs are handy for this.

Remove the meat from the pan and place on a separate dish. Repeat until you have all of your meat browned. You may need to keep adding a little coconut oil for each batch.

Once all of the meat is browned and removed from the pan, add your onions, celery, and garlic and cook until the onions are slightly caramelized.

Add the meat back in, as well as your chopped sweet potatoes, yams, or whatever starch you are using.

Deglaze the pan with the balsamic vinegar and then add the salt, pepper, rosemary, thyme, bay leaves, and cinnamon sticks. Stir.

Pour your beef stock over the mixture and bring to a simmer.

Lower heat to low and cover. Let simmer for 45 minutes, or until the potatoes are done. Stir in your parsley and remove from the heat. Done!

This stew freezes and re-heats nicely, so I like to make double and sometimes triple batches and stock up the freezer!

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Feeling brave and want to try some other beef heart recipes? Here are a few to choose from!

Do you eat beef heart? What’s your favorite way to prepare it? If you don’t, are you willing to try it? Leave a comment below!

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Jessica is a Real Food Wellness Educator coconut everything enthusiast, avid reader and researcher, blossoming yogi, and animal lover. She has had a life-long passion for food and being in the kitchen is where she is the happiest. Jessica started Delicious Obsessions in 2010 as a way to help share her love for food and cooking. Since then, it has grown into a trusted online resource with a vibrant community of people learning to live healthy, happy lives through real food and natural living.

Wonderful recipe! The flavours are rich and delightful. Have to admit I didn’t use heart as I had everything else on hand and wasn’t going to the store. Maybe next time! But I did use homemade bison bone broth instead of beef stock.

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Jessica is a Real Food Wellness Educator coconut everything enthusiast, avid reader and researcher, blossoming yogi, and animal lover. She has had a life-long passion for food and being in the kitchen is where she is the happiest. Jessica started Delicious Obsessions in 2010 as a way to help share her love for food and cooking. Since then, it has grown into a trusted online resource with a vibrant community of people learning to live healthy, happy lives through real food and natural living.